I have arranged a Residents Meeting for Monday 31 January in the Victory Hall, Exminster (7pm to 9pm). Officers from both Devon County Council and Teignbridge District Council are attending to speak and respond to residents questions about planning, highways, housing and eduction matters. Local GPs have been advised and the Primary School is sending a […]

Local people are being invited to help keep a countryside tradition alive as Teignbridge Council prepares to host two days of ‘hedge steeping’ at its Nature Reserve in Coombe Valley, Teignmouth.    Hedge steeping (also know as hedge laying) involves cutting through the base of the hedge shrubs (or ’steeps’) bending them over and pegging […]

The Dawlish recycling centre is being axed by Devon County Council. Along with the popular rural skip service, Devon’s Conservatives say the recycling centre must go in order to help save over £54 million. Other cuts are being made to the youth services, school transport, Children Centres opening hours, and the upkeep of bridges and […]

Rain has meant contractors have not been able to resurface the A379 in Kenton as part of the overnight roadworks in the village for the last couple of nights. Devon County Council tell me the road will be closed tonight (13th) and is likely to be closed again tomorrow overnight so the work can be […]

Bellway homes have displayed plans to local residents for a development of 65 new homes on land off Sentry’s Orchard in Exminster. The proposals have caused a lot of local concern, especially with regard to additional traffic using the existing estate road and roundabout junction. There’s also concern about the impact of more houses on […]

Due to the ice and snow, the refuse and recycling collections are delayed from before Christmas. My best advice is to put out both bins on your next collection day. The crews will empty the right bin for that day and the other will be collected as soon as possible afterwards. I will keep residents updated […]

Teignbridge Council is planning to freeze its share of the Council Tax next year and peg car parking prices across the district. It will be welcome news to residents and traders throughout Teignbridge believes council leader Alan Connett after the authority yesterday published its initial proposals for the 2011-12 financial year. It would be the second time […]

Mean spirited officials at Devon County Council have left residents in Exminster without grit in this cold snap – because they say their road is not a public highway! That’s despite the County Council keeping the grit bin at Townfield in the village topped up for many years and only a few weeks ago deciding they […]

Teignbridge District Council has, for the second year running, given customers the lowest waste collection costs in Devon while retaining a spot in the national top ten recyclers, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). In 2009/10 Teignbridge sent over 56% of household waste for reuse, recycling or composting, placing it 8th in the national […]